People
Our people are the most important thing about our subject area. It takes a team of academics, professional services colleagues and PhD students working together to deliver our teaching, carry out our research and keep the department running. Together, they form a supportive community covering a range of professional expertise. You can search by name or role here, or browse below.
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Isep P. Yahya
PhD Student
- British politics research
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
- International Relations Research Group
Aiste Pagirenaite
PhD Candidate
- Governance & Democracy
- Governance of welfare states
- Political Theory Research Group
- Work & Economy
Mr John Parker
Tutor
Dr Lucy Parry
to be completed
- Governance & Democracy
Mr Calum M. Paterson
PhD Student
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Nicola Perugini
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
- International Relations Research Group
- Middle East Research Group
- Political Theory Research Group
- Politics and political violence
- Race and decolonial thought
Dr Kristina Pikovskaia
Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow
- Cities
- Governance & Democracy
- International development
- Politics and political violence
- Work & Economy
Ioana Popescu
PhD student
Professor Emeritus Charles Raab
Professor Emeritus
- Data & Digital
- Governance & Democracy
- Identities & Inequalities
- International Relations Research Group
- Science, knowledge and policy
- Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies
- Studies of information and communication technology
- Technology and material culture
Ricardo Ribeiro Ferreira
PhD Candidate and Tutor
Dr Clare Rice
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (QUALREP Engagement and Impact)
- British politics research
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- European Union Studies
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Identities & Inequalities
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Dr Ewan Robertson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Studying Parliaments and the Role of Knowledge
- Governance & Democracy
- Governance of welfare states
- Science, knowledge and policy
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy
Lauren Rogers
PhD Student
- International Relations Research Group
Charlotte Rommerskirchen
Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy
- International Political Economy Research Group
Ben Rosamond
Professor of Politics and International Relations, Head of Politics and International Relations
- British politics research
- European Union Studies
- International Political Economy Research Group
- International Relations Research Group
Dr Max Rozenburg
PhD Political Theory
- Political Theory Research Group
Miss Joanna Sakali
PhD Student
- Governance & Democracy
- Methods
- Politics and political violence
Dr Tatiana Sánchez Parra
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Postdoctoral Fellow
- Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
- Transitional Justice
Alexander Schotthöfer
PhD Student
- International Relations Research Group
Talia Shoval
PhD title: The Nature of War: Incorporating Enironmental Ethics in the Ethics of War
- Political Theory Research Group
- Politics and political violence
Deanna Soloninka
PhD student
Pietro Stefanini
PhD Student
- International Relations Research Group
- Middle East Research Group
Ewan Stein
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
- International Relations Research Group
- Middle East Research Group
Luke Stephens
PhD Student
- British politics research
- International Relations Research Group
Natalie Stroud
Student Adviser
Vitalii Suprun
PhD Candidate
- British politics research
- European Union Studies
- Governance & Democracy
- International development
- International Relations Research Group
- Political Theory Research Group
- Politics and political violence
- Territorial Politics Research Group
- Transitional Justice
Professor Wilfried Swenden
Professor of South Asian and Comparative Politics
- Governance & Democracy
- Identities & Inequalities
- South Asian studies
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Dr Rebecca Tapscott
Visiting Fellow
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Governance & Democracy
- International development
- International Relations Research Group
- Nationalism and political action
- Politics and political violence
- Race and decolonial thought
- Science, knowledge and policy
Professor Mathias Thaler
Chair of Political Theory
- Culture
- Energy & Sustainability
- Energy, environment and sustainability
- Environment and energy
- Political Theory Research Group
- Politics and political violence
Dr Patrick Theiner
Lecturer in Politics & International Relations
- Data & Digital
- European Union Studies
- Global health policy
- International development
- International Political Economy Research Group
- International Relations Research Group
Dr Consuelo Thiers
Lecturer in International Relations
- International Relations Research Group
- Methods
Professor Emeritus Andrew Thompson
Professor Emeritus
Yusuf B Topaloglu
Phd Student
- International Relations Research Group
- Middle East Research Group
Dr Oliver Turner
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
- International Relations Research Group
Thom Tyerman
Research Fellow (Immigration Detention)
Patrick Utz
PhD title: No return to the borders of the past? Cross-border nationalism and European integration in times of crises
Professor Cristian Vaccari
Chair in Future Governance, Public Policy, and Technology
- British politics research
- Data & Digital
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
- Politics and political violence
- Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies
- Studies of information and communication technology
Dr Davide Vampa
Senior Lecturer in Territorial Politics
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Dr Ivar Vargas Rivas
PhD Thesis - 'Stop the Killer Robots!' War humanisers future-proofing the war machine
- International Relations Research Group
- Politics and political violence
Illia Varzhanskyi
PhD Student
- Governance & Democracy
- International Relations Research Group
- Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies
Dr Sarah Vaughan
Honorary Fellow
Ingmar Versolmann
PhD title: To Be or Not to Be a European Energy Union: Drivers of European Energy Policy from a Historical Institutionalist Perspective
Ms Elisabet Vives
PhD Student
- Digital sociology
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
Dr Christos Vrakopoulos
Lecturer (Politics with Quantitative Methods)
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Energy, environment and sustainability
- Governance & Democracy
- Identities & Inequalities
- Nationalism and political action
Dr Cat Wayland
Tutor
- Political Theory Research Group
Fiona Wong
PhD Candidate
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
Dr Kate Wright
Senior Lecturer (Assoc. Prof) in Media and Communication
- Data & Digital
- Governance & Democracy
- International Relations Research Group
- Politics and political violence
- Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies
Dr David Yarrow
Lecturer in Political Economy
- International Political Economy Research Group
- Work & Economy
Kitty Yi
PhD student